Middle East Technical University
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| founding | November 15, 1956 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Ankara , Turkey |
| president | Mustafa Verşan Kök |
| Students | approx. 24,500 (2011/12) |
| Employee | 2500 |
| Website | www.metu.edu.tr www.odtu.edu.tr |
The Technical University of the Middle East ( Turkish Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi , ODTÜ for short ) in Ankara is one of the most renowned and largest universities in Turkey . It is a university with English as the language of study. The official English name of the university is Middle East Technical University or METU for short . The university was founded in 1956.
The university campus includes a housing estate for professors (ODTÜ-Kent), a large forest, a swimming pool, a school and sports facilities. Free shuttle buses run within the premises, otherwise the university is connected to Ankara with the usual buses. A metro connection was planned for the end of 2006, but it was postponed indefinitely.
The ODTÜ / METU maintains two further campuses: one in Erdemli on the Turkish Mediterranean coast, which houses the University's Institute of Marine Sciences (English: METU Institute of Marine Sciences , Turkish: ODTÜ Deniz Bilimleri Enstitüsü ), and one in Güzelyurt in the Turkish Republic Northern Cyprus.
Well-known graduates
- Taner Akçam (* 1953), Turkish historian, sociologist and author
- Mustafa Akıncı (* 1947), President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin (* 1940), Turkish politician and former minister
- Nabi Avcı (* 1953), Turkish politician and minister
- Ali Babacan (* 1967), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State of Turkey
- Emin Çölaşan (* 1942), Turkish publicist and journalist
- Can Dündar (* 1961), Turkish journalist and book author, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper
- Şebnem Ferah (* 1972), Turkish rock musician
- Erol Gelenbe (* 1945) Turkish-French computer scientist and professor at Imperial College , London
- Mehmet Hilmi Güler (* 1949), Turkish scientist, politician and energy minister
- Tunç Hamarat (* 1946), Turkish-Austrian chess player
- Ataç İmamoğlu (* 1964), Turkish-American physicist
- Fikri Işık (* 1965), Turkish politician and minister
- Elif Şafak (* 1971), Turkish writer
- Süreyya Serdengeçti (* 1952), Turkish economist
- Mehmet Ali Talât (* 1952), Turkish Cypriot politician and former President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Kürşad Tüzmen (* 1958), Turkish politician and minister of state
- Cevdet Yılmaz (* 1967), Turkish politician and minister
- Naşide Gözde Durmuş (* 1985), Turkish geneticist
See also
Web links
- Official website (in Turkish)
- Official website (in English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.metu.edu.tr/history
- ↑ https://www.metu.edu.tr/organization-list#rektor
- ^ "General information about ODTÜ" from their homepage (Turkish), accessed on October 7, 2012.
- ↑ Website of the METU Institute of Marine Sciences ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed April 23, 2016.
- ↑ About: METU Northern Cyprus Campus . Middle East Technical University. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
Coordinates: 39 ° 53 ′ 30 ″ N , 32 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ E